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‘Before we were liberated to spend our Sundays down at the shopping mall, “Sunday was the most miserable day of the week,… The only thing to look forward to was Sing Something Simple on the radio.” - Tory business minster, Anna Soubry
The Tory Government in Britain-like other neo-liberals elsewhere- valuing nothing but unbridled capitalism- plans to allow larger stores to open for longer on Sundays by giving local authorities powers to relax national law on trading hours.
It is very disappointing that this government should be trying yet again to fundamentally alter the balance and harmony of our national life, our health and well-being, in such a underhand manner, all for nothing, but for shop till you drop!
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Pope Francis delivering his speech in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, where he called for the poor to have the “sacred rights” of labour, housing and land.
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“This system is by now intolerable: farm workers find it intolerable, labourers find it intolerable, communities find it intolerable, peoples find it intolerable. The earth itself – our sister, Mother Earth, as Saint Francis would say – also finds it intolerable.”
“Pope Francis has urged the downtrodden to change the world economic order, denouncing a “new colonialism” by agencies that impose austerity programs and calling for the poor to have the “sacred rights” of labor, lodging and land.
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Global Ethics Forum
A Project of
Globethics.net
Responsible Leadership in Action
The Value of Values
25-27 June 2015, Geneva, Switzerland
I was delighted to receive a personal invitation from my good friend, Prof. Dr. Christoph Stuckelberger, Director and Founder of Globethics.net to participate at this conference and contribute to the discussions and deliberations at the workshop on “How to provide values-driven higher education.”
I think it is noteworthy if I first share with you the story of how was it that Christoph came to approach me to begin with.
On 9th of June I had posted a Blog on the GCGI website:
Values, Ethics, and the Common Good in MBA rankings: Where are they?
Prior to this I had also posted the following Blogs, amongst others:
Economics, Globalisation and the Common Good: A Lecture at London School of Economics
and Calling all academic economists: What are you teaching your students?
It seems Christoph had seen and read these Blogs and more importantly must have liked them!
Hence, on 9th of June I received an email and invitation to go to Geneva. Although, this was at a very short notice, nonetheless, I was able to accept this kind invitation.